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Wealth in the Wilderness

           Theprofoundsilenceofsleepingnaturewasonlyinterruptedbytheclankingofthehobblesonthehorses’feet.

           Paganelwasengrossedinhisastronomicalmeditations,andthinkingmoreaboutthecelestialthantheterrestrialworld,whenadistantsoundarousedhimfromhisreverie.Helistenedattentively,andtohisgreatamaze,fanciedheheardthesoundsofapiano.Hecouldnotbemistaken,forhedistinctlyheardchordsstruck.

           "Apianointhewilds!"saidPaganeltohimself."Icanneverbelieveitisthat."

           Itcertainlywasverysurprising,butPaganelfounditeasiertobelieveitwassomeAustralianbirdimitatingthesoundsofaPleyelorErard,asothersdothesoundsofaclockormill.Butatthisverymoment,thenotesofaclearringingvoiceroseontheair.ThePIANISTwasaccompaniedbysinging.StillPaganelwasunwillingtobeconvinced.However,nextminutehewasforcedtoadmitthefact,fortherefellonhisearthesublimestrainsofMozart’s"Ilmiotesorotanto"fromDonJuan.

           "Well,now,"saidthegeographertohimself,"lettheAustralianbirdsbeasqueerastheymay,andevengrantingtheparoquetsarethemostmusicalintheworld,theycan’tsingMozart!"

           Helistenedtothesublimeinspirationofthegreatmastertotheend.Theeffectofthissoftmelodyonthestillclearnightwasindescribable.Paganelremainedasifspellboundforatime;thevoiceceasedandallwassilence.WhenWilsoncametorelievethewatch,hefoundthegeographerplungedintoadeepreverie.

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